CVE-2004-1457 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Novell Bordermanager VPN by sending malformed IKE packets.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-1457?

CVE-2004-1457 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Virtual Private Network (VPN) capability in Novell Bordermanager 3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND in IKE.NLM) via a malformed IKE packet, as sent by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1457?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Bordermanager.

How do I fix CVE-2004-1457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-1457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5x59-v272-mjrx.

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